JAMB - English Language (2024 - No. 139)
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the options to which the given sentence relates.
The architect did the DESIGN.
Who did the design?
Was the design done by the engineer?
Did the architect destroy the design?
Did the architect do the draft?
Explanation
Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word in a sentence or utterance for emphasis, correction or clarification. To test for emphatic stress, the contrasting question should affirm or negate the specific word in capital letters ("DESIGN"). Option D contrasts "design" with "draft," making it the appropriate response to confirm emphasis.
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